Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-21
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a ht4bEh OF tue L IlIleS |
heard man say that Abraham 4coln fire.
quently went upon sprees in the epany of
stephen A. Douglas" and wrote tCol Nc
Cure asking il this was true. The aver was:
mo man who knew Mr.. Lincoln eyaccused
him of iE1ul ging in sprees. He walways a
very abstemious man. and he DeveTas &C
cused OF intoxicaton during his litmeP
NINE-YEAR-oLD CHARLEY ANDEs was
riding with his mother from Cohbus to
Cincinnati. She awoke early IN Il morn
ing and he was gone. An engine as sent
back to recover his dead body, andhe boy
was found in a fence corner, w,out a
scratch or bruise on him. He said ,at he
wanted his mother. He had in h sleep
stepped from train running forty hes an
hour.
A WOMAN in Nebraska, who put pcon in
her husbands whisky bottle, had tt deep
disappointment to see him pass it abo with
ELUSIVE hospitality among the memirs of
her own family and pour out what va left.
Her father and mother Promptly rursd up
their toes, and both h1soane ara wife re in
custody. He expects TO be acquitted n the !
ground of self-defense. but abe win eneavor
to touch the compassion of The courtas an
orphan.
That measles is not diseas, vhicI chill
dren fought to have'' is concluaNly shown |
in DR.. Chapin's important artlce1n .Mea-
sizes and Its Complications in the 'ebruary |
number Of Babyhood. which no bther Of |
young children can afford to overlookEoual- |
~ valuable articles in the same i.1e are |
'Scrofulous Tendencies" by DR.. l.. III ale, |
and Treatment of Diarrhea," D. DIR.
Jerome Walker. Babyhood Publishin gom- |
pany, Beekman street, New York.
DURING a performance of "Jack" a.he
Standard theatre, Chicago, Eben Plymp n.
the actor, initiated Myron Calico, who plss
a subordinate part. and when the latter Urls
y 81. RI
interfered, and had his eye blackeped for hi,
pains. Then Mrs. Barrymore. who had beer
in bad health for some time, fell IN faint
and MIR. Plympton was obliged to ask the
indulgence OF the audience until she haC
been revived. The play subsequently pro.
ceeded, but not in an entirely satisfactory
way.
A BOSTON NEWSPAPER gays that the late
Mr.. Marsh, the well-known merchant, once
went into photographers to have hi
picture taken. Il don't want to be posed ,
he said, ''I'll take a newspaper, and you car
take me just as look at home when Pm read
ing, without any fuss or affectation." The
plan was carried ont. ard when the proc
was submitted to him he was amazed ant
Mortified to find that the most prominent
thing about the photograph was huge ad-
vertisement for Jordan & Marsh, which
covered half the outside of the newspaper hi
was reading.
NAT GOODWIN, the popular comedian, wal
not always popular. Like a good many
Thespians he succeeded better in the ranks
than at the head of a company. The frs
company OF his own did not fare well. 1t had
an engagement to play one consecutive night
at Augusta, Me. What became of the com
pany is not known, but as the walking was
good, Nat managed to show up in Boston
about week afterward. Crossing the CON-
mon he met a friend who inquired how the
show took with the audience. well" said
ut in a Enn rlI
enough if he had only waited to see it out"
THE people of Bermuda have general idea
that there is no civilization worth speaking
of outside of Bermuda. Not long ago an
official OF the island fell Ill and hurried
nom "e%e if 70 he had only stayed here here
how unwise to go homep' exclaimed a lady
bewailing his fate. why stay here?" asked
some one in surprise. "Oh, we have such
splendid physicians here!' But don't you
think he will find equally good physicians II
London?" said her questloner, politely sup
pressing a smile. I'm London? mol How
could he! Where would they be educated?'
"ICAN'T understand" remarked a reporter
to gay young society friend, show it is thai
while 1 never saw you with a book in your
hand in my life except DON'T that at Miss
Blanks party the other evening 1 overheard
you In a high literary conversation. Why
you seemed to be conversant with every
work of all the prominent authors, even some
| I never heard of myself.n "If you won't give
| cess, drawing the reporter into corner anC
producing a publishers catalogue from his
| pocket. "Now, name any author you 1nd
marked" The reporter selected Black, wher
| he ratified off like q schoolboy princess Of
| Thule" Daughter of Heth," ''Madcap Vic.
let" "Yolande." judith Shakespeare
''Macleod of Dare" etc. 1t was just the same
with most of the other leading authors. "AnC
| don't you ever get beyond the titles2" inquired
| the reporter. Not myself; they'd all rather
| give their opinion of book than hear one
| and when get into tight place just switch
| off upon another author or title"
A KIND-HEARTED MAN, not q hundred milel
| from Buffalo, and one who knows how to keel
| good servants when he gets them, asked his
coachman not long since If he and the girls
would not like to go to the Academy and see
a distinguished star" The coachman an.
swered that he and the girls intended to go
| Upon what evening"" TUESDAY, sirI'
"Ah, indeed. Why, Mrs. p. and myself are
| also going that evening. 'Rosalind' is one OF
| the actress great characters. / hope you
| have secured your seats; there will be a great
rush." Eyes. sir, I've got them" MAY
ask where they are?" Certainly, sir; Is, 49,
| 20 in D." "Ah, yes, those are nice seats
| hope you will enjoy it," And then the good
| man went by the most direct route to the box
| office and changed the seats he had reserved
for himself and wife. and which happened to
/
! at all ashamed to be seen in the company Of
| his servants, but he thought i've from his
| house in one line would be embarrassing all
| round and look too much like a family party
A CORRESPONDENT writes to the London
! Times: "A lancer OF the First Bombay Regi.
ment, an Affridi, happened to be late to fall
in with his party In pursuit Of some daeoits
| He luckily hit upon their track, although the
main body of his party failed to find them
| He was accompanied by twenty Burmar
| friendles. He found the enemy In a village
| He boldly surrounded the village, and. firm
| one shot, marched IN. The dacoits bolted
| 1ingng away their arms, but the lancer can
| tured eleven of them. and tried to drive back
some cattle they had looted, but he was
| obliged to desist, the jungle being very bad
| and darkness coming on. He returned tC
Fort Yendaw, looking grand with his prison
ers in front OF HIM, his lance ana pennon and
a Burman knife. The frIendlies are at best
but broken reeds TO depend On, and had thi,
lancer not shown the bold front he do prob.
ably they would have bolted also. 1t is to be
hoped that the Bombay Lancer will be re.
warded for his brave bearing. The above hap.
peneu near Fort Yendaw with u detachment
commanded by Capt. NJ. Rumble, Bengal Stat
Corps"
THE presence in Chicago OF James Carlisle
of Pueblo. calls to mind an incident in con
nection with himself and one of the men who
became rich from the output of Leadville
The bonanzaite alluded to was Gus Rische
and when the present millionaire and ex.
Senator, Tabor, was keeping a store in Cali
fornia Gulch, MIR. Tabor used to grub
stake" Rieche while he prospected for lead
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